Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you. - Atul Gawande

Those of us in medicine don’t help, for we often regard the patient on the downhill as uninteresting unless he or she has a discrete problem we can fix.

Steps to become a positive deviant:
1. Ask unscripted questions
2. Don't complain
3. Count something that interests you
4. Write something... Anything
5. Change yourself. Change something

It is common to misconceive how checklists function in complex lines of work. They are not comprehensive how-to guides, whether for building a skyscraper or getting a plane out of trouble. They are quick and simple tools aimed to buttress the skills of expert professionals. And by remaining swift and usable and resolutely modest, they are saving thousands upon thousands of lives. *